Aug 25, 2008
Posted by Mike in New Media,Safety,Video Production
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The Bad, The Good, and The Fugly

The Bad

According to the Indianapolis Star: Scaffold collapses, stranding workers on Downtown building

The Good

The workers in the above story were fine, because they were waring the proper PPE. (For those of you who don’t know what PPE is, PPE = Personal Protective Equipment (things like hardhats, safety glasses, and safety harnesses.)

The Fugly

Now I know you folks are trained print journalists, and the story was breaking as you shot this video, but is there really such a rush on the story that you couldn’t have at least worked on the audio, or white balanced the camera so the video at least looked a little better? There was obviously some post production editing done to the video, why not just run a simple limiter on the audio, or run a color correction filter, or something. My speakers buzz like crazy when I saw this video.

Next time, turn down the gain, or fix it in post. Please?!?!?